--- title: December 25th, 2006 | Vol. 168, No. 26 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/4513662/december-25th-2006-vol-168-no-26-u-s/ og:title: December 25th, 2006 | Vol. 168, No. 26 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5a9063bc9f3c4566/6988a819fb4eac25d588f50b/time_20061225.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # December 25, 2006 | Vol. 168 No. 26December 25, 2006 | Vol. 168 No. 26  Issue name December 25th, 2006 | Vol. 168, No. 26 | U.S. Issue date December 25, 2006 Location U.S. Related categories [Influence](/vault/subject/influence/) [Person of the Year](/vault/subject/person-of-the-year/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/2006-12-25/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [You — Yes, You — Are TIME's Person of the Year](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570810,00.html)[Power To The People](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570816,00.html)[The YouTube Gurus](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570795,00.html)[Enough About You](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570800,00.html)[It's All About Us](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570805,00.html)[The Beast With A Billion Eyes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570808,00.html)[Web Boom 2.0](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570789,00.html)[My So-Called Second Life](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570827,00.html)[Your Web, Your Way](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570815,00.html)[The Real War](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570832,00.html)[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: An Interview with Iran's Agitator](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570840,00.html)[5 Things That Went From Buzz to Bust](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570831,00.html)[The Big Quiz of 2006](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570824,00.html)[Milestones Dec. 25, 2006](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570778,00.html)[Memorable Performances of 2006](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570792,00.html)[The Takeaway Diet of 2006](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570794,00.html)[The Teddy Awards: 2006](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570799,00.html)[Numbers of the Year](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570803,00.html)[Verbatim 2006](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570817,00.html)[The Good and the Bad of 2006](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570826,00.html)[A Year of Happy Pandamonium](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570829,00.html)[The Year in Buzzwords 2006](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570839,00.html)[10 Best Albums](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570779,00.html)[10 Best TV Shows](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570781,00.html)[10 Best Books](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570801,00.html)[10 Best Sports Moments](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570820,00.html)[10 Best Movies](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570838,00.html)[Money: 'Tis the Season for ID Theft](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570787,00.html)[Technology: How to Frame Your Digital Pix](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570797,00.html)[15 Who Had Their 15 Minutes of Fame](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570785,00.html)[Now It's Your Turn](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570835,00.html)[Letters: Dec. 25, 2006](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570791,00.html)[Andy Was Right](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570780,00.html) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"December 25th, 2006 | Vol. 168, No. 26 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/4513662/december-25th-2006-vol-168-no-26-u-s/"}]}]} ```